- Middle linebacker Kelvin Sheppard was back to work and proclaimed himself fine after he sat out some time with an undisclosed medical situation. “It felt good to get back on the field with my teammates, so I just have to continue to progress every day,” he said.

Chan Gailey was glad to have the second-year man back, saying, “Shep came back today and pushed through. He didn’t look full speed to me, but he came out and got work in which he needs to do.”

- Wide receiver Stevie Johnson had to sit down near the latter portion of the progress because he felt tightness in his groin, though not the side that was operated on. With no practice Sunday, the team may decide to rest him Saturday, too. ”Stevie’s groin got tight so we backed him out of that,” said Gailey. Running back Fred Jackson and safety George Wilson both got stepped on according to Gailey, but were able to finish.

- The Bills spent a large portion of the day working on their red zone offense and defense, and Gailey said . “We had some reps in OTAs, and today we were very rusty in doing what we needed to do,” said Gailey. When asked about the litany of dropped passes, Gailey said, “Not a little case, a huge case of the drops. The quarterbacks would never say it, but I’ll say it for them – that’s unacceptable. If we drop the ball that much we won’t win any games.”

- Safety Jim Leonhard went through a workout with the Bills, then left town reportedly headed for Denver. It’s unlikely the Bills will make a play for him as he’s still recovering from knee surgery. “To be honest with you I didn’t even see him,” said Gailey. “I knew he was here, Buddy (Nix) keeps me up to date with all that, but I didn’t watch any type of workout or anything like that. If he’s here, I’ll coach the dickens out of him, if he’s not I’m not going to worry about it.”

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